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Congradulations for your work. I believe there is a misconception regarding the use of the term “Turk”. We know that before the construction of the Turkish state (20th centrury) the term “Turk” corresponded to any muslim regardeless of national and cultural origin. Perhaps it would have been better if you used the term “muslim” when referring to the ottoman period.

I believe you do not refer to the violant attitude of the Sultan imposing special taxes and the extreme religious descrimination he exercised, up until the period of reforms (19th century). The Christians were not recognised as citizens, even if some of them were placed in high rank positions (fanariotes) or even if they religious leaderships were recognisied in the millet framework as a sufficient measure of control.

Also, the usage of the terms “Macedonia” and “Macedonians” is not specified according to each historical period, where the context if completely different. So it used for every period. This is a problem, whether it causes confusion to the reader or not…

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